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C. C. JOHNS ON. Wheelbarrow;

No. 86,077.. Patented Jan. 19, 1869.

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CHARLES C. JOHNSON, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

Letters Patent No. 86,077, dated Janua/ry 19,1869.

WHEELBARROW.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Figure 4, a longitudinal section of a wheelbarrowmade in accordance with my invention.

Figure 5 is a horizontal section, taken through its sides, and above its bottom.

The purpose of my invention is to produce a wheelbarrow that can be readily taken to pieces, so asto be packed or folded in a less space, for transportation from place to place.

In carrying out my invention, I form the bottom, the two handles, and the wheel-shaft-supporting struts 'or arms, in two separate pieces or boards, as shown at A A, the parts a a of which denote the handles, and

the parts 72 I) the wheel-journal-supporting arms.

These pieces are arranged with their line of junction along the middle of the barrow.

To each side-piece B, I afiix one of the legs 0, and extend, through both of the said legs, a bolt, D, provided with a head at one end, and a screw and nut at the other.

Next, I employ, to hold the two side-pieces B B and the end-piece E together, and to the bottom-pieces, as well as to aid in holding such bottom-pieces together, two horizontal bars, F G, and two screw-bolts, H H, provided with nuts, the whole being arranged in mannor as represented in the drawings.

The wheel I and its axle K are disposed between the two arms b b, the axle being pivoted to such arms.

The axle may be applied to the wheel, so as to enable the two to be easily separated, when removed from the rest of the barrow.

From the above, it will be easily seen that, for the purpose of reducing the wheelbarrow in bulk, (or making of it what I term a knock-down wheelbarrow) so as to enable it to be transported from place to place, to

better advantage than when in the form and for use.

as a wheelbarrow, we have only to separate the parts, to fold or lay one half of the bottom, with it's handle and arm, over upon the other half, with its handle and I arm, after which the rest of the parts of the barrow may be piled or laid upon the upper half of the bottom. For armies, or for use on railways, such barrows will be found to he of great advantage, as, when taken apart, they can be packed in very much less space than they would take up when set up ready for use. l

I would remark that, by having the bottom of the barrow, its handle, and wheel-shaftsupporting arms, formed in the parts as described, I can pivot the wheelshaft directly in the arms, each having a round hole or bearing formed in it, to receive a journal of the axle.

I make no claim to a wheelbarrow, as made with a frame separate from and to support its bottom, side, and end-boards; but

1. I claim, in a wheelbarrow, the arrangement of the bottom, the handles, and the wheel-supporting arms, in two separate pieces, A A, in manner as specified.'

2. In combination with the bottom, the handles,

and the wheel-shaftsuppolting arms, made in two pieces, -A A, as set forth, and with the legs, sides, and

the front board applied to such pieces, as described, I

claim the screw-bolts D H H and the cross-bars F G, arranged as explained.

- CHARLES C. JOHNSON. Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, F. P. HALE, Jr. 

